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 the road is he now stationed?
 * sìn tī kuaⁿ;
 * master of a guard station.


 * suaⁿ-thâu sìn hīn-căi sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ cò̤?
 * Who now commands the guard station at Swatow?


 * Quick; swift; hasty.
 * sìn-sok cū àiⁿ;
 * want it at once.
 * want it at once.


 * sìn pō jīo khṳ̀;
 * pursue with swift steps.


 * sìn lûi put kîp íam jṳ́;
 * as a clap of thunder which gives one no time to stop the ears; a word and a blow.


 * Sincerity, truthfulness; integrity; faith; a man of his word; to believe in; to confide in; to accord with; to follow; a seal, a stamp, which gives ground for trust; a letter or note; a messenger; off-hand; impromptu.
 * i siang-sìn căi;
 * he has great confidence in it.
 * he has great confidence in it.


 * i sìnⁿ-sît căi;
 * he is very trustworthy.


 * sìn-tâng; sìn huang;
 * the envelope of a letter.


 * sía sìn;
 * write a letter.


 * sìn cúa;
 * letter-paper.


 * úa cīeⁿ-jît kìa ŭ sìn khṳt i;
 * I sent him a letter the other day.


 * cih tîhe sìn;
 * receive a letter.


 * thiah sìn;
 * open a letter.


 * thiah-khui huang-tan̂g khîeh sìn lâi thóiⁿ;
 * open the envelope and take out the letter and look at it.


 * hṳ́ sìn tói có̤-nît tàⁿ?
 * What is in the letter?


 * huang sìn;
 * close and seal a letter.


 * cáu-bé-sìn;
 * postman, mail carrier, or courier.


 * sìn-kêk;
 * postal agency.


 * sìn-kẃn;
 * a post-office.


 * sìn-cîⁿ; cíu-cîⁿ;
 * postage.


 * húe-cûn sìn;
 * letters going or coming by steamer.


 * gūa kok kìa lâi kâi phoi sìn;
 * letters and dispatches from foreign countries.


 * hâng chêng sìn;
 * commercial circulars.


 * chíaⁿ cêk nâng tó̤ phōiⁿ-lí sìn-kĭaⁿ;
 * ask some person to take charge of the correspondence.


 * sín mīn sĭm-mih seⁿ-mîaⁿ, sĭm-mih cū-cí?
 * What is the name and address on the letter?


 * tho̤h pàng sìn-kêk kò̤ kìa khṳ̀;
 * send it through the post-office.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ sìn bô̤ sît;
 * he acts faithlessly.


 * cin siang-sìn;
 * really believe in.


 * i chim sìn i;
 * she has great faith in him.


 * úa m̄ sìn;
 * I do not believe it.


 * i sit sìn;
 * he has lost his confidence in it.


 * sìn-kháu;
 * impromptu.


 * i kâi ūe sìn-kháu tàⁿ chut lâi cū sêng bûn-lí;
 * what he says off hand is in such good style as to be classic.


 * i kâi jī li sìn-pit sía chut lâi cū ngía-ngía;
 * what he writes offhand is beautifully written.


 * i ŭ im-sín lâi a bô̤?
 * Has she had any news?


 * bô̤ sìn bô̤ sek;
 * no news of any sort from him.


 * phêng-ang sìn;
 * a pleasant letter.


 * ke sìn;
 * home letters.


 * cí kâi sìn-ńng sen̂g-sim căi;
 * this devotee is very sincere.


 * sìn-cîeh sui sĭ cîah sí nâng īa sĭ tī pēⁿ kâi ìo îeh;
 * arsenic, although it is a deadly poison, is also an important remedy in the treatment of disease.


 * chin-chĭeⁿ hó̤ sìn;
 * appeal's credible.


 * A cord, string or line, especially a builder's line; a line stretched taut; to mark by a line; to enforce conformity to a rule; to adjust.
 * cún-sîn;
 * a standard; a line to go by; up to the mark.
 * a standard; a line to go by; up to the mark.


 * i mih sṳ̄ to ŭ kâi cún-sîn;
 * in whatever he does, he sets bounds for himself.


 * cún-sîn tīaⁿ căi;
 * the lines are very exact.


 * màiⁿ bô̤ cún bô̤ sîn;
 * do not be without a fixed standard.


 * The sun beaming forth; dawn.
 * cá sîn kâi sî-hāu cū lâi;
 * come in the early morning.
 * come in the early morning.


 * cheng sîn kâi sî-hāu;
 * at early dawn.


 * That power or cause which operates by its own energies; diffused, formless, and inscrutable, yet making things develop; the powers above as opposed to the powers below; the gods, the divinities; a god in the usage of pagans; used by many for the true God; a spirit; a supernatural good being; the human spirit, the directing power of the body; the animal spirits; divine, spiritual, as being higher than man; supernatural, god-like, wonderful, superhuman; mysteriously; very, exceedingly.
 * sîn-mêng;
 * the gods.
 * the gods.


 * sîn kúi;
 * good and evil spirits.


 * sîn-sien;
 * spirits and elves.


 * sîn hut; native and foreign gods;
 * native sages and Buddha.


 * cìaⁿ sîn sîa sîn;
 * beneficent and harmful deities.


 * pài sîn;
 * worship the gods.


 * sṳ̆ sîn;
 * serve the gods.


 * hŏng sîn;
 * make offerings to the gods.


 * khîu sîn;
 * besought the gods.


 * m̄ng sîn;
 * ask a sign from the gods.


 * cì sîn;
 * sacrifice to the gods.


 * îaⁿ sîn;
 * carry the gods out for an airing.


 * cih sîn;
 * welcome the gods on their return.


 * ngêng sîn;
 * look reverentially up to the gods.


 * sàng sîn;
 * accompany the gods in a procession.


 * sîm phâu;
 * a cloak for the god.


 * sîn kham;
 * a wooden shrine for gods or ancestral tablets.


 * khîeh khṳ̀ sîn mīn côiⁿ kò̤ hìen;
 * lay it before the gods as an offering.


 * sîn chíang;
 * a portico for the gods.


 * sîn sìeⁿ; images;
 * idols.


 * pài tāⁿ sîn;
 * worship the wrong god.


 * ke sîn; sîn cú;
 * lares, or deified spirits of ancestors.


 * sāi sîn;
 * set up a god.


 * sîn cìang;
 * attend ants on the gods.


 * sîn-hûn;
 * the soul, before or after death.


 * sîn hāu; sîn-ngīam;
 * wonderfully efficacious.


 * íang sîn;
 * refresh one's spirits.


 * sim cē tŏng sîn cū cai;
 * the gods know every emotion of the heart.


 * cía kâi nâng hó̤ ēng sîn;
 * this person has his wits about him.


 * thóiⁿ khṳ̀ jîp sîn;
 * have taken it into my mind.


 * mâk sîn; ngán sîn;
 * the expression of the eyes.


 * ŭ ceng-sîn;
 * spirited.


 * bô̤ ceng-sîn;
 * spiritless.


 * seⁿ lâi ceng-sîn;
 * naturally lively.


 * sîn-khì cok căi;
 * is